Vulnerabilities > GNU > Groff > 1.16.1

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2011-06-30 CVE-2009-5078 7PK - Security Features vulnerability in multiple products
contrib/pdfmark/pdfroff.sh in GNU troff (aka groff) before 1.21 launches the Ghostscript program without the -dSAFER option, which allows remote attackers to create, overwrite, rename, or delete arbitrary files via a crafted document.
network
low complexity
gnu apple CWE-254
6.4
2001-07-26 CVE-2001-1022 Format string vulnerability in pic utility in groff 1.16.1 and other versions, and jgroff before 1.15, allows remote attackers to bypass the -S option and execute arbitrary commands via format string specifiers in the plot command.
network
low complexity
gnu jgroff
7.5
2000-12-19 CVE-2000-0803 Unspecified vulnerability in GNU Groff
GNU Groff uses the current working directory to find a device description file, which allows a local user to gain additional privileges by including a malicious postpro directive in the description file, which is executed when another user runs groff.
network
low complexity
gnu
critical
10.0